From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
I am muting all references to this to prevent myself from believing it actually exists. Bam!
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ReplyDeleteNot just no. Hell no.
ReplyDeleteI've seen Zardoz twice, why wouldn't I watch this at least once?
ReplyDeleteWell, I watched Battlefield Earth for the unintentional humor value. I got to the end and it turned out it didn't have any! It was just objectively bad. Zardoz has that coked-up, crazy-ass humor value. This is more a Battlefield Earth, I think.
ReplyDeleteBut I too will watch just about anything once. On Netflix.
What? What's wrong with it? I think it looks potentially neat!
ReplyDeleteThat was for asking you about my printer the other night I'm sure, so I'll let that comment slide, Bret Gillan.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I over reacted. It's just, the first movie is one of my favorites and it is actually one of a few comic book movies that are a really good adaption.
ReplyDeleteAs it turns out, I've been reading all the original Eastman & Laird comics lately. (...for reasons...) I'm a little impressed at the TCRI reference. The original rumor was Michael Bay was going to make them space aliens or some such bullshit.
ReplyDeleteHe actually took so much heat he backed off that. Maybe shredder is a white alien ninja?
ReplyDeleteOk, that's an actual possibility:
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